Fiona Shaw in Machinal, Sophie Treadwell’s play inspired by the case of Ruth Snyder. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianFiona Shaw in Machinal, Sophie Treadwell’s play inspired by the case of Ruth Snyder. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianAlmeida theatreWhen Rebecca Hall read it she couldn’t breathe. After Fiona Shaw played the role she got letters full of loneliness. This is the true story behind Sophie Treadwell’s trailblazing play
In 1927, Ruth Snyder dominated America’s headlines.
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Stacey Dooley received criticism for her recent trip to Uganda. Picture: Instagram/Stacey Dooley The Strictly Come Dancing winner became embroiled in a furious war of words with Labour MP David Lammy after he slammed Comic Relief's portrayal of Africa. By Rume Ugen Stacey Dooley has received support from Comic Relief after she was forced to defend her recent trip to Uganda, following criticisms for perpetuating 'poverty porn'.
The Vanishing. Originally and less vaguely entitled Keepers, the thriller The Vanishing dramatizes the story of three lighthouse keepers (one young, one middle-aged, one getting up there) who resided for a time on a rocky, storm-swept island in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides before vanishing four days before Christmas, 1900. We know in advance that the story won’t end happily, so the question is: Will we learn anything about human nature in extremis en route to the foreordained catastrophe?
In case you missed it, former Saturday Night Live writer and cast member Tim Robinson stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday to chat about his wonderfully weird and extremely GIF-able Netflix sketch-comedy show I Think You Should Leave. When the conversation turned to his days working at SNL, Robinson told Kimmel about pitching hosts something he calls “fake ideas,” which are the sketch ideas he’d pitch at the start of the week under the assumption that they’d absolutely never get made — which also meant they could be as bizarre as he wanted.
Tattoo artists in Europe are fighting a new ban on two commonly-used green and blue pigments, saying that losing these ink ingredients would be a disaster for their industry and their art.
Meanwhile, in the United States, where about a third of Americans have a tattoo, tattoo ink is almost completely unregulated and there's little known about what's in tattoo ink.
Some artists here say the European restrictions don't make any sense.
Novak Djokovic recently sent the entire crowd at the Paris Masters into a frenzy by pulling off yet another feat. The Serbian tennis legend, who was once chasing records for a long time, is breaking his own these days. Even in the neighborhood of Bercy, the ATP superstar has now reached his 58th Masters Final after prevailing in a thriller semifinal against Andrey Rublev.
Aside from his outstanding performance, the public’s curiosity has been piqued by the 24-time singles Grand Slam champion’s professional relationship with his coach, Goran Ivanišević.
We guarantee comedian Jim Florentine has a new divorce bit in his act -- his marriage is over ... but he and his ex have already divvied things up, and at least Jim will still have a place to write jokes.
Florentine -- best known for "The Howard Stern Show" appearances and "Crank Yankers" -- filed to divorce Samantha Florentine on March 6. They'd been together for 2 and-a-half years.
Paula Badosa is a WTA professional who achieved quite a lot in the short span of her career. She has reached the highest rank of 2 in singles as she performed consistently on the WTA Tour. Although she has devoted her life to reaching the top of the WTA rankings, Badosa is not neglecting her personal life. Like many tennis stars, she has a bustling off-court life.
Know all about Paula Badosa’s ex-boyfriend Juan BetancourtBadosa is dating Juan Betancourt, a model and actor.
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The conductor’s special qualities were on show in a varied programme, and helped add stability to artist-in-residence Alexander Malofeev’s glittering performance
One of the most enduring and productive partnerships in British orchestral life comes to an end next summer, when after 16 years Kirill Karabits steps down as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s chief conductor although he will continue his relationship with the orchestra as conductor emeritus, and continuing his Voices from the East series, focusing on music from his native Ukraine and other former Soviet states that’s little known in the west.